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| Title |
Comparing the prevalence of rheumatic diseases in China with the rest of the world
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| Published in |
Arthritis Research & Therapy, February 2008
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| DOI | 10.1186/ar2369 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David T Felson |
| Abstract |
Geographic or ethnic differences in the occurrence of disease often provide insights into causes of disease and possible opportunities for disease prevention. Persons in China appear to have a consistently lower prevalence of rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia than persons in the United States and Europe; reasons for these prevalence differences might include genetic differences, differences in environmental exposures or a combination of both. With increasing obesity, gout is becoming endemic in China. Finally, symptomatic knee osteoarthritis is extremely common in China and constitutes a major public health problem there. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 54 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| China | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 51 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 13% |
| Researcher | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 7 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 11% |
| Other | 10 | 19% |
| Unknown | 9 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 22 | 41% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 7 | 13% |
| Unknown | 12 | 22% |